diff --git a/delta/app/src/main/resources/app.conf b/delta/app/src/main/resources/app.conf
index 19bcda3fcf..4e3f37256b 100644
--- a/delta/app/src/main/resources/app.conf
+++ b/delta/app/src/main/resources/app.conf
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ app {
     # when true it creates the tables on service boot
     tables-autocreate = false
 
+    # This will change batch inserts from insert into foo (col1, col2, col3) values (1,2,3) into insert into foo (col1, col2, col3) values (1,2,3), (4,5,6)
+    # this provides 2-3x performance improvement
+    rewrite-batch-inserts = true
+
     cache {
       # The max number of tokens in the partition cache
       max-size = 1000
diff --git a/delta/plugins/blazegraph/src/main/resources/blazegraph.conf b/delta/plugins/blazegraph/src/main/resources/blazegraph.conf
index 1e98d06d4a..aa9fc9e4dd 100644
--- a/delta/plugins/blazegraph/src/main/resources/blazegraph.conf
+++ b/delta/plugins/blazegraph/src/main/resources/blazegraph.conf
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ plugins.blazegraph {
   prefix = ${app.defaults.indexing.prefix}
   # configuration of the maximum number of view references allowed on an aggregated view
   max-view-refs = 20
-  # the maximum idle duration in between events on the indexing stream after which the stream will be stopped (min. 10 minutes)
-  idle-timeout = 30 minutes
   #the maximum duration allowed so that synchronous indexing can complete
   sync-indexing-timeout = 10 seconds
   # In order to disable this feature, set an infinite time ('Inf')
diff --git a/delta/plugins/blazegraph/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/blazegraph/config/BlazegraphViewsConfig.scala b/delta/plugins/blazegraph/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/blazegraph/config/BlazegraphViewsConfig.scala
index 87d8a1422a..49590bfe36 100644
--- a/delta/plugins/blazegraph/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/blazegraph/config/BlazegraphViewsConfig.scala
+++ b/delta/plugins/blazegraph/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/blazegraph/config/BlazegraphViewsConfig.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.sdk.http.HttpClientConfig
 import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.sdk.model.search.PaginationConfig
 import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.sourcing.config.{BatchConfig, EventLogConfig}
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
-import pureconfig.error.FailureReason
 import pureconfig.generic.auto._
 import pureconfig.generic.semiauto.deriveReader
 import pureconfig.{ConfigReader, ConfigSource}
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration._
   *   prefix for namespaces
   * @param maxViewRefs
   *   configuration of the maximum number of view references allowed on an aggregated view
-  * @param idleTimeout
-  *   the maximum idle duration in between events on the indexing stream after which the stream will be stopped
   * @param syncIndexingTimeout
   *   the maximum duration for synchronous indexing to complete
   * @param defaults
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ final case class BlazegraphViewsConfig(
     batch: BatchConfig,
     prefix: String,
     maxViewRefs: Int,
-    idleTimeout: Duration,
     syncIndexingTimeout: FiniteDuration,
     defaults: Defaults,
     indexingEnabled: Boolean
@@ -85,11 +81,5 @@ object BlazegraphViewsConfig {
       .loadOrThrow[BlazegraphViewsConfig]
 
   implicit final val blazegraphViewsConfigConfigReader: ConfigReader[BlazegraphViewsConfig] =
-    deriveReader[BlazegraphViewsConfig].emap { c =>
-      Either.cond(
-        c.idleTimeout.gteq(10.minutes),
-        c,
-        new FailureReason { override def description: String = "'idle-timeout' must be greater than 10 minutes" }
-      )
-    }
+    deriveReader[BlazegraphViewsConfig]
 }
diff --git a/delta/sourcing-psql/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/sourcing/Transactors.scala b/delta/sourcing-psql/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/sourcing/Transactors.scala
index 504b21106c..1d1cd05f05 100644
--- a/delta/sourcing-psql/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/sourcing/Transactors.scala
+++ b/delta/sourcing-psql/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/sourcing/Transactors.scala
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ object Transactors {
       username,
       Secret(password),
       tablesAutocreate = false,
+      rewriteBatchInserts = true,
       5.seconds,
       CacheConfig(500, 10.minutes)
     )
@@ -105,12 +106,20 @@ object Transactors {
       config: DatabaseConfig
   ): Resource[IO, Transactors] = {
 
+    def jdbcUrl(access: DatabaseAccess, readOnly: Boolean) = {
+      val baseUrl = s"jdbc:postgresql://${access.host}:${access.port}/${config.name}"
+      if (!readOnly && config.rewriteBatchInserts)
+        s"$baseUrl?reWriteBatchedInserts=true"
+      else
+        baseUrl
+    }
+
     def transactor(access: DatabaseAccess, readOnly: Boolean, poolName: String): Resource[IO, HikariTransactor[IO]] = {
       for {
         ec         <- ExecutionContexts.fixedThreadPool[IO](access.poolSize)
         dataSource <- Resource.make[IO, HikariDataSource](IO.delay {
                         val ds = new HikariDataSource
-                        ds.setJdbcUrl(s"jdbc:postgresql://${access.host}:${access.port}/${config.name}")
+                        ds.setJdbcUrl(jdbcUrl(access, readOnly))
                         ds.setUsername(config.username)
                         ds.setPassword(config.password.value)
                         ds.setDriverClassName("org.postgresql.Driver")
diff --git a/delta/sourcing-psql/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/sourcing/config/DatabaseConfig.scala b/delta/sourcing-psql/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/sourcing/config/DatabaseConfig.scala
index 96f9edf1c3..2f39611c91 100644
--- a/delta/sourcing-psql/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/sourcing/config/DatabaseConfig.scala
+++ b/delta/sourcing-psql/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/sourcing/config/DatabaseConfig.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
   *   The database password
   * @param tablesAutocreate
   *   When true it creates the tables on service boot
+  * @param rewriteBatchInserts
+  *   When true it creates the tables on service boot
   * @param slowQueryThreshold
   *   Threshold allowing to trigger a warning log when a query execution time reaches this limit
   * @param cache
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ final case class DatabaseConfig(
     username: String,
     password: Secret[String],
     tablesAutocreate: Boolean,
+    rewriteBatchInserts: Boolean,
     slowQueryThreshold: FiniteDuration,
     cache: CacheConfig
 )
diff --git a/ship/src/main/resources/ship-default.conf b/ship/src/main/resources/ship-default.conf
index 427fc4efba..b3f26954a1 100644
--- a/ship/src/main/resources/ship-default.conf
+++ b/ship/src/main/resources/ship-default.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ ship {
     # when true it creates the tables on service boot
     tables-autocreate = false
 
+    # This will change batch inserts from insert into foo (col1, col2, col3) values (1,2,3) into insert into foo (col1, col2, col3) values (1,2,3), (4,5,6)
+    # this provides 2-3x performance improvement
+    rewrite-batch-inserts = true
+
     cache {
       # The max number of tokens in the partition cache
       max-size = 1000